When I first started auditioning I would stutter a lot because I was so terribly frightened.
Auditioning is extremely bizarre. Just being an actor is extremely bizarre, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
The real trick to auditioning is just letting go of trying to please them. Make it your own. That took me a long time to learn.
I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.
Auditioning for a couple of years, 99 per cent of the time you are doing an American accent.
Auditioning is a completely terrifying beast. It's not your work that matters, it's if you can sell yourself in that room.
I'm not auditioning to play convenience-store clerks. I don't see any benefit in that.
I've been auditioning since I was 20, working as a waiter, getting theater gigs, doing the 'Law and Order's.